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Management Strategies for Cull Cows

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In this episode of Cattle HQ, join Kiernan Brandt, SDSU Extension Cow/Calf Field Specialist, and Olivia Amundson, former SDSU Extension Cow/Calf Field Specialist, as they talk with Heather Gessner, SDSU Extension Livestock Business Management Field Specialist about different management strategies for cull cows.

On today’s episode:

  • Seasonal considerations when considering to sell cull cows
  • Utilizing feed resources on a cull cow and when should that cull cow be sold and when does it make sense to keep and feed that cow
  • Will the demand for cull cows remain
  • Save the feed inventory by appropriately culling cows
  • Know your feed inventory (winter and summer) and what that means when maintaining a cull cow
  • Testing your feed

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